FreeDOS

FreeDOS is an effort to create a free DOS operating system which is compatible with MS-DOS applications and drivers, yet have some features that are missing in MS-DOS. The software is currently in beta status, but the release of the first official version - FreeDOS 1.0 has been planned. Presently, some FreeDOS commands are identical to or better than their MS-DOS counterparts. However, a few MS-DOS commands and functions are still missing or have bugs in FreeDOS (see FreeDOS 1.0 Todo List for more details). The command line interpreter used by FreeDOS is called FreeCOM.

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